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Dividends Declared | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Dividends [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared | Dividends Declared During the third quarter, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the following quarterly dividends payable to shareholders:
|  | Dividend per Share |  | Payable on: |  | Record date:
Common shares |  | $ | 0.09 |  |  | October 15, 2013 |  | October 1, 2013
Preference shares - Series A |  | $ | 0.515625 |  |  | September 16, 2013 |  | September 1, 2013

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